Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 272, Decatur, Adams County, 17 November 1945 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Win; Commodores Lql

Jackets Score Easy Victory Over Garrett Roaring out to an 11 to 1 first quarter lead, th«- Decatur Yellow Jacket* decisively walloped the (Jarrett Railroader*, 86 to 21. Friday night on the In-cutur hardwood. The victory wan Decatur'* first In two Mart* and also a triumph In their initial Northeastern Indiana conference battle of the senson. Each one of Decatur’s starters hit once from the field In the first quarter, with Knapp adding a foul tows Io give the Jackets their 11 I margin. Decatur added two points to this margin In the second period to make the half time score 19 to 7. (Jarrett counted three points to open the second half hut the Jacket* steadied down and boosted their lead to 2<) points, 32 to 12 nt the eml of the third quarter. ICe»erves played practically all of the final period as the Railroaders whittled down the final margin to 15 points at 36 to 21. Steim-r, Decatur guard, was the leading scorer with II points on field goals and four foul tosses in i five chances. Ilowmar led tint I rett's scoring with six points. The Yellow Jackets will play at home again Tuesday night, entertaining the Hartford township Gorilla*. Decatur F(J FT TP i Bechler, f 2 3 7 , Knapp, t .......... I 1 3 Hill, c 1 0 2 Steim-r. g 5 4 14 ' Johnson, g . 3 0 6 Hchnepf, f 0 i* o la-hman, f 0 o 0 t .McElhaney, <■ 2 It 4 Nelson, g .....2 0 (• 0 * Italian!, g 0 0 o 1 TOTALS 14 8 36 Garrett Rowtnar, f 2 2 6 . 1 Babbitt, f (I i) it I Clark, c 1 2 4 I Johnson, g ........ 2 0 4 I Kelley, * 1 4 6 Worster. f 0 11 Surber, C .......... 0 <• 0 Pearson, g 0 0 u Cleland, g it 0 o | TOTAL# 6 9 21 j Referee: Young, ‘ Cnipire; Dickie. Preliminary Garrett 37, Decatur 21. o _ G. E. Girls Open Season Wednesday The Drs-atur G. E. girl* tium will open Its home season Wednesday nlgfltt. meeting city Light rtf Fort Wayne at the Lincoln gym in tikis city at 8:3t) pm. The girls game will be preceded by an Industrial league game between the (J. E. boys team and M-xw. No admimlon will Im- charged for the game o Honesty, truth, and fair dealing are thing;* that lives, don't destroy. • "" 11, •! - I, I.in. —I , iflflfJflßflNMHj TONIGHT and SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Today from 1:30 Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Technicolor Musical Hit! “ANCHORS AWEIGH” Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jom- Iturhi ALSO— Shorts 9c 40c Inc. Ta* | CORTI SUN. MON. TUES. Matinee Sun.—9c-15c until 4 “MAMA LOVES PAPA” Leon Errol, Ruth Leo & “FOREVER YOURS” Gale Storm. John Mack Brown Evenings 9c-30c Ine. Tax —o TONIGHT — Bob Steelo, “Northwest Passage" In Color. ALSO—“Jungle Queen” 9c-30c Inc. Tax _ u -

Kirkland Defeats Hartford, 35-22 The Kirkland Kangaroo* maintained their perfect season record Friday night, scoring a 35 to 22 victory pver the Hartford Gorilla* on the Kirkland floor. It wa* the third triumph of thyear for the Kangaroo*. Fruechte paced the winning attack with 12 IMilnt* and Poorman wuh high for Hartford with eight. Kirkland FG FT TP 11. ixmgenhergcr. f.. 3 17 Undis. f 2<>4 Frit-elite, c .. 6 0 12 Smith, g ..022 11. Ixingenberger, g 2 2 6 Shady, f 12 4 Total* . 117 35 Hartford FG FT TP Poorman, f .. 3 3 8 Strahin, » ... 2 0 4 R. Moser, c .13 5 Ho-b-r. g .113 Wanner, g .. . <• 0 0 D. Moser, f 1 o 2 Ix-hman, g .. 0 o o Total* .. 8 6 22 llwfnree: Rabvr. empire: Arnold Preliminary Hartford 27. Kirkland 12 Geneva Cardinals Beal Monroe, 31-24 The Geneva CarMnals piling up n 23 to 12 lead at the half, defeated the Monroe Hearkatz. 31 to 24, on the Geneva floor Friday night. Van Emon wa* Geneva’* leading scorer with 11 point* ami Zurcher wa* high for Monroe with 10. Geneva FG FT TP Snow, f .. 10 2 Cook, f —. 2 1 » Hale, c .... 4 0 8 Van Emon. g 5 1 11 Penrod. g .. ..215 Hart, g 0 0 0 Daugherty, g.. ... o 0 0 Totals 11 3 31 Monroe FGFT TP M Habegger. f 0 « 0 B. Sadler, f 0 3 3 Rich. • -- 113 Zurcher, g ... 3 4 10 Ciowno «r. g — 3 2 8 TTerc . f 0 0 0 S. Habegger. g « 0 ® ToUls 7 10 24 Referee: Waltz. Umpire: Da via. Preliminary (Jenera 21. Monro- 14. Huntington Tractors Play Here Tonight The McMillen team of thl* city will moot the Huntington Tractom In an exhibition gam:- at 7:30 o’clock this evening at the Lincoln gym. There will be no preliminary and no admission will Im- changed. The public I* Invited to attend. o The first white man known to have entered the country that is now Wyoming was John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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Berne Bears Defeat Pleasant Mills Five • The Herne Hears, running Into . unexpectedly tough opponltlon > from the Pleasant Mills Spartans, . eked out a 29 to 25 victory Friday night on the Herne floor. - The Hears raced to a long early , lend but the Spartans battled bu< k > to trail by only one point, 16 to 15, at the half, and the team* were fled at 23-23 at the end of the third quarter. Sipe. Pleasant , Mills guard, was the outstanding star with 18 point* on eight field goals and two foul tosses. Muse)man was high for Herne with nine points. Berne FG FT TP Baumgartner, f .... I I 3 Llechty, f 2 0 4 Stucky, c ......... 3 o 6 Sprunger, g .. 1 0 2 Muselman. g ....... 4 I 9 Smith, g 1 3 5 Abraham, g ... 0 0 0 lack, g r <• o TOTALS 12 5 29 Pleasant Mill* Strayer, f <> « 0 Johnson, f ........ o o o Teeple, c 10 2 Speakman, g 2 15 Sipe, g 8 2 18 Ray. f o 0 o • I.HL-inbill. g o • ii TOTALS II 3 fl Referee: McClure. Cinpire: Brim-r. Preliminary Herne 27. Pleasant Mill* 11. oSpillinq The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Minor League West End won three from Schafer Store; Super Service won three from Kraft Food* No. 1; Swearinger won three from Foley; Habegger won two from Gamble'*: Schafer Co. won two from Smith Ins.; Standard OH won two from Mooae; Urban Garage won two from Kraft No. 1. Standing W L Urban 5 1 Standard 5 1 i Swearinger 5 1 Gamble's 4 2 W’est End 4 2 Moose 3 3 Smith Ins 3 3 Schafer Co 3 3 Habegger 3 3 Su|>er 3 3 Schafer Store 2 4 Kraft No 1 . .. .. 2 4 Kraft No. 2 <t 6 Foley 0 6 High games: Schneider 201, Andrews 211-227, Zelt 280; Latikenau 200. Appelman 221. P. Schroeder 243, Hoagland 204, Marbaugh 216. Ahr 200, AlUpaw 2u9. Tope 202. Reinkins 201. Engle 209. P ; Bleeke 224. Tutewiler 220-216. ! Young 222. Dedolph 217. ; High wrles: Zelt 620 (230-193-197); R. Andrews 613 (175 211227); Tut-wiler 611 (220-175-216). High team game: West End Joos, Swearingen 978, Schafer Co. 979. High team »erie«: Went End ’ 2801, Schafer Co. 2750. Swearlng- , en 2676 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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H. S. BASKETBALL Auburn 6<). Bluff! in 21 Columbia City 40. Butler 39. Huntertown 30, New Haven 17. Ki-mJ illvillc 51, Nappanee 42. Warsaw 32, Clapool 19. Angola 66, Waterloo 27. Hartford City 31. Win hosier 27. Pirtland 35, Union City 32. Hoagland 32. Ossian 26. Ja per 41, Bcford 40. Marlon 53, Greentown 35. I! xhester 53. Akron 31. Lapel 36. Anderson 34 {.vertime). Nb'-lbyvll|i- 3|. Green Cottle 22. Ruedtvlllo 40. Brookville 26. New Castle 41. Connersville 30. Huntingburg 46. Mitchell 26. Rossville 13, Kokomo 28. Columbus 36. Madison 33. G'-eensbiirg 39. Martinsville 27. Flora 36. Logansiiort 31 Yorktown 49, Muncie Burris 22. Washington 44, Bicknell 26. Franks rt 30, Gary Horace Mann 28 (double overtime). t aurj<sville 30. Tipton 23. LaFayette Jefferson 61, Delphi 27. -1.1 —II ~1.1 »»!.. „ ,| M hum „ Coker Declines Council Position Charles 11. Colter, former Decatur rioident. who was unanimously elected a member of the Kendatlviße city council earlier this week, ha* declim-d the appointment and the pwhiou was filled l>y Henry S. Kimmel. — - —o-— Dare to be true; nothing can. need a He—Franklin.

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Teen-Age Dance To Be Held Thursday Legion To Sponsor Thanksgiving Dance A teen-age dance. *pon*or<*d by Adam* Post 43, American Legion, in cooperation with "The Den.” Decatur's youth center, will be held at the legion home Thursday night (Thanksgiving), from 9 to 12 o’clock. Thl* will be strictly a teen-age dance am! admission will be only by senior ‘‘Den’’ membership cards. Out of town guests may be brought by each member holding a card. Membership cards must be presented at the door and this Is the only admission. D«-ane T. Dorwin. youth supervisor, will be in charge of the dance. The committee for the dance I* as follows: M. lx>u Role iii*on, Norma Eady. Kathleen Terveer. Mildred Geimer and Melvin Taylor. The Thanksgiving night dance ! I* the first in a serie* of teen nffalrs to lie sponsored by the Legion, which is providing the orchestra and hall without charge. Another dance will lie held during the Christmas holidays, with the date nnd time to be announced later. o Only a few can l>e great, but all ! men can be good. Quarrels would not last If the fault were only on one side.

Commies Lose To Monmouth Friday Night The Decatur Commodore* dropped their third verdict In a* many start* this season Friday night, losing to the Monmouth Eagle* on the Monmouth floor. 44 to 34. It wa* Monmouth* fourth victory without a setback tor the season to date. Monmouth ran up a first quarter load of 13 to 6 but the Commo dores pounded back to take a onepoint margin. 20 to 19. at the halftime intermission. The Eagles came back after the rest period and climbed Into a three point lead a* the third quarter closed. 28 to 25. Monmouth gradually Increased this margin In the closing period to win by the 10-polnt margin of 44 to 34. A. (letting was the leading scorer for the Eagles last night with five fie!.! goals and two foul tosses for a total of 12 points. Hi* total was matched by He** and Wemhoff of the Commodores, each of whom counted 12 point* tor the losers. The Commodore* will be on the road again next week, meeting the Willshire lU-arkatz at Willshire. 0., Wednesday night. The next homo game for the Commie* will be Wednesday. November 28, when they entertain the Monroe Hearkatz at the Commie* gym. Monmouth FG FT TP Thieme, f .......... 2 2 6 A. (letting, f '» 2 12 IL (Jetting, c ...... 4 0 8 Singleton, g 2 3 7 Selking. g 3 17 Scheiman, t ....... 2 0 4 Gould, f 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 8 44 Decatur Hess, t 4 4 12 H. Lengerich, f ..... 10 2 Brlede, c .... ... 0 0 0 Hackman. g ........ 10 3 Wemhoff, g « 0 12 N. Jjengerlch. f .... 2 1 5 Wilder. C 0 0 0 Coffee, g .......... 0 0 0 TOTALS ....... 14 6 34 Preliminary .Monmouth 17, Decatur 14. o Caaidball«m Why*! Cannibalism la sometime* practiced a* a respectful way to dispose of the aged and sick. A cultivated taste for human flesh, performance of the requirements of mystic rituals, and satisfaction of hunger tn time of famine are among the many other types of cannibalism observed among primitive peoples. — o Gum Tree Saved Cortes When Cortez mad* his famous march from Mexico City to the Gulf of Honduras, he and his companions were able to survive in the trackless jungles of Peten only because of the abundance of tzicopzapoll. a fruit which later became famous as the source of chewing gum.

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Two Are Killed As Train Hits Truck Illinois Brothers Killed Last Night Braadwel), 111., Nov. 17—(Up) ' Two brotiber* returning from ihelr father's funeral wore killed last night when the Alto<) railroad'* Prairie SUte expre** rtruck their truck, overturning the locomotive and nix mail cam. The brothers, Myb-r Byrne, 47, Decatur, HL. and Alvin T. Byrne, 46. Mount Vernon. 111. died hwtan' ly when the fart mall and paxxen ger train hit their 1942 lbx|g<•tru k. Railroad officials said the locomotive and «lx ear* of the ll<ar train toppled into a ditch, whlbother* were derailed. The train's ptMaenge-x ami crew members were nhaken up but not injured, official* uaid. The Byrne brothtr* had attend ed the funeral here of tl,elr father. Alvin Byrne. Sr., and were <x t their way h me when the accident occurred. Tie engineer. Ed Pan <%ike, Hloomington. 111., said tinmen apparently did not see the train approaching. Alton road officials nt Bloomington tuild the double track wax him up approximately feet and traffic rerouted. o __ Garson And Crosby Favorite Movie Stars Hollywiod. Nov. 17- (UP) — Screen etar* Greer Garson ami Bing Crosby were named America’* favorite movie star* for the second straight year today In ihe 1945 audience popularity poll of lioxoffk-e magazine. Child actress Margaret O'Brien ranked among the first ten feminine star*, th>first Juvenile to place in the top ten since Shirley Temjil-*.

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